Emerald Ash Borer Beetle EAB
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Emerald Ash Borer BeetleEAB
BY:Parth Rishi Brahmbhatt
Robert Dunphy
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Introducing…..EAB!!• Science name is Agrilus Planipennis, Emerald ash borer is its more
commonplace name• Kingdom- Animalia• Phylum- arthropoda• Class- insecta
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Arrival of the beetle• Discovered in southeastern Michigan, in 2002• Theoretically, its from Asia. • It can be found in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New
York, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
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What does it do to the people?
• Mainly, these beetles attack ash trees, and trees produce oxygen for us to breathe and trees are a major natural resource
• Humans also use the wood for lumber and fire wood
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How about the ecosystem?
• A MAJOR loss of ash trees• The only organisms affected are humans, and
Ash trees.
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The food web
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Mission Accomplished
• Its reason for success is that there are so many neighboring states that produce and possess Ash trees.
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The future plan
• They are using pesticides, conducting quarantines, and major studies of this beetle are taking place.
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